THE GERMAN FACTOR IN THE FOREIGN EKONOMIC POLICY OF THE UNR 1918

Abstract

The article deals wits international ties of Ukraine in the period of national liberation movements of 1917–1918. Investigated the background of the Ukrainian-German rapprochement at the end of the First world war. The paper analyzes the peculiarities of the relations between Germany and the governments of the Central Rada, the Ukrainian State of Hetman P. Skoropadsky, reveals the impact of German policy on the formation and development of Ukrainian statehood. The research concerns economic aspects, in particular in the system of Ukrainian – German relations, which influence considerably the foreign political orientation of Kyiv and Berlin an important impact on the negotiations and couclusion of international agreements. The activities of Ukrainian diplomatic representatives and economic trade organizations abroad are investigated in their connection with providing the development of Ukrainians economy and the needs the war for independence. It is shown that the most important achievement of Ukraine, achieved thanks to economic agreements was the preservation of state independence and onto the international scene and on this basis the opportunity to continue the national liberation struggle in the future.